Individual consciences are fine but individual consciences have to be made manifest.
I challenge assumptions about women.
We need to make equal pay and equal opportunity for women and girls a reality so women’s rights are human rights once and for all.
We shouldn’t leave the work of politics to people who run for public office.
It is important to recognize the limited ability of the legal system to prescribe and enforce the quality of social arrangements.
We currently have a system for taking care of sickness. We do not have a system for enhancing and promoting health.
I made a mistake. That happens. It proves I’m human, which you know, for some people, is a revelation.
I can’t stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they’re not happy with the choices they’ve made.
Aww don’t feel noways tired. I’ve come too faarrrrr from where I started frum.
Showing up is not all of life – but it counts for a lot.
Gay rights are human rights.
I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.
I’m in charge of the State Department’s 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.
I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.
I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.
Listening to what people in other countries are saying and trying to understand how they perceive their place in the world is essential to a future of peace and security at home and abroad.
American values are not just about America, but they speak to the human dignity, the God-given spark that resides in each and every person across the world.
If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.
Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.
I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.
Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.